TOOTH, John Leslie
| Service Number: | 549 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 November 1914, Holsworthy, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 13th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Burwood, New South Wales, Australia , 12 July 1894 |
| Home Town: | Longreach, Longreach, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Drover |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Flanders Fields, Belgium, 8 June 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 549, Holsworthy, New South Wales | |
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| 21 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 549, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 549, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 3 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney | |
| 8 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 13th Machine Gun Company, Battle of Messines |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"A SYDNEY HERO.
LIEUT. JOHN LESLIE TOOTH, who was killed in action in France on June 8, was the third son of Mr. Arthur W. Tooth, ot the Union Club, Sydney, and was 23 years of age. At the outbreak of war he was on a station in Central Queensland. Three months later he was a trooper in the 6th Australian Light Horse; but just after embarkation he contracted pneumonia, which resulted in his being ill for some months, and being discharged from the military forces. On his recovery he re-enlisted, and, after passing through the training schools, was granted a commission in the Light Horse. In November last he went to England In charge of reinforcements for the infantry, and then entered the mnchine-gun school at Grantham, proceeding to France only about six weeks ago. Before leaving Australia he was for some time acting adjutant at Menangle Camp. He was educated at Hayfield and at King's School, Parramatta, and in 1911 he was one of 14 cadets selected to represent the latter school with the Australian cadets who went to the Durbar. Mr. Arthur Tooth's eldest son, Lieut. Owen William Tooth, of the Light Horse, served at Gallipoli, and is now in Egypt; and his second son, Arthur Nevil Tooth, was discharged on account of wounds which he received at Gallipoli, and is now in Queensland." - from the Sydney Morning Herald 27 Jun 1917 (nla.gov.au)
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